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Describe Yourself in 3 Fictional Characters

Describe Yourself in 3 Fictional Characters

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Updated Mar 04, 2019 at 04:05PM EST by Brad.

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About

Describe Yourself In 3 Fictional Characters is an online forum game in which participants select fictional characters from popular media that they believe demonstrate various aspects of their personality.

Origin

While similar variations of the game have long been popular online, one of the earliest known instances of the "three fictional characters" variations appeared on October 1st, 2014, when DeviantArt user AshAttempts posted a thread to the site's forums titled "If you had to describe yourself using three fictional characters, who would you choose and why?"[1]

Spread

A thread asking the "three fictional characters" was posted to Reddit on January 10th, 2016.[6] The game started appearing on Twitter in April 2016. The first known instance was posted by @DerrickArthur on April 2nd,[2] and featured Hagrid from Harry Potter, Chris Farley, and Ham Porter from The Sandlot. (shown below).


Derrick Arthur @DerrickArthur Follow Describe yourself in 3 fictional characters Describe yourself in 3 fictional characters

After occasional reappearances, the game surged in popularity in mid-September 2016, following a the appearance of a hashtag "#3CharacterDescription started by @Mr_Millstone[3] on September 13th. Over the following week, the game would spread and spark parody variations. It also appeared on Facebook the same week.[4] On September 20th, 2016, The Daily Dot[5] covered the game's spread.

Various Examples


Commander Holly @HollyConrad Follow "Describe yourself in 3 fictional characters" I only have one RETWEETS LIKES 995 4,201 12:05 PM-18 Sep 2016 slugbox @slugbox Follow Before I go here's my describe yourself in 3 characters @stringmousey RETWEET LIKES 1 64 Red Sox Kitty @KinielCat Sep 16 I was gonna do that "Describe yourself in 3 fictional characters thing but this gif on it's own is still all I need Wow, l have a lot of people to disappoint. GIF 3 4 20 Joamette Gil @JoametteGil Follow Describe Yourself In 3 Fictional Characters Describe yourself in 3 fictional characters Nic Follow BlueVoices This Describe Yourself in 3 Fictional Characters: ButtercupRiza Hawkeye Jotaro Kujo (All picked by my boyfriend...) Describe yourself in 3 fictional characters ( 오。) watermelon @watermelonshibe Follow describe yourself in 3 fictional characters equate buprofeln RETWEETS LIKES 2 3

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External References

[1] DeviantArt – If you had to describe yourself using three fictional characters, who would you choose and why?

[2] Twitter – @DerrickArthur

[3] Twitter – @Mr_Millstone

[4] Facebook – describe yourself in 3 fictional characters search

[5] The Daily Dot – New meme assignment: Describe yourself in 3 fictional characters

[6] Reddit – If you could describe yourself using 3 Fictional Characters from movies, books, comics, etc… Who would they be?

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